A look at Darling Ingredients Inc’s (DAR) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Monday, Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR) opened higher 4.97% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $40.68. Price fluctuations for DAR have ranged from $32.67 to $51.36 over the past 52 weeks.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 15.82%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -57.06% at the time writing. With a float of $157.07 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $159.53 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 15800 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is -294.54%, operating margin of 25.87%, and the pretax margin is 21.52%.

Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Packaged Foods industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Darling Ingredients Inc is 1.24%, while institutional ownership is 98.88%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 16 ’24, was worth 51,805. In this transaction EVP Chief Admin Officer of this company bought 1,300 shares at a rate of $39.85, taking the stock ownership to the 21,867 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 31 ’24, when Company’s EVP Chief Strategy Officer bought 2,532 for $39.37, making the entire transaction worth $99,685. This insider now owns 12,607 shares in total.

Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -57.06% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 30.00% during the next five years compared to 45.84% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.83. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.16. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.64.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.62, a number that is poised to hit 0.66 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.12 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR)

Looking closely at Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR), its last 5-days average volume was 2.64 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.16 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.55.

During the past 100 days, Darling Ingredients Inc’s (DAR) raw stochastic average was set at 94.18%, which indicates a significant increase from 91.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 30.10% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 41.08% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $37.49, while its 200-day Moving Average is $40.18. However, in the short run, Darling Ingredients Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $43.68. Second resistance stands at $44.66. The third major resistance level sits at $46.01. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $41.36, it is likely to go to the next support level at $40.01. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $39.03.

Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR) Key Stats

There are currently 159,048K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 6.85 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 6,788 M according to its annual income of 647,730 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,422 M and its income totaled 16,950 K.